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Experience Chinatown
To truly penetrate the layers that make up the bustling, insiders' world of Chinatown, you'll need a guide. And trusting one from the Chinatown-based Museum of Chinese in the Americas is definitely a good move. The tours, given weekly from May through December, are led by museum docents with family roots in the community and give you a sense of Chinatown's past and present.
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Little Korea
Herald Sq is a bit on the tasteless side when it comes to finding foodie treats; luckily, you can head for quality refueling at nearby Little Korea, a small enclave of Korean-owned restaurants, shops, salons and spas. Over the past few years this neighborhood has seen an explosion of eateries serving Korean fare, with authentic Korean BBQ available around the clock at many of the all-night spots on 32nd St, some with the added treat of karaoke.
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Mulberry St
Even though the original Italian essence is long gone, Mulberry St still bursts with true ethnic pride. Mobster Joey Gallo was shot to death in Umberto's Clam House in the '70s, the old-time bar Mare Chiaro was one of the favorite haunts of the late Frank Sinatra, and the Ravenite Social Club (247 Mulberry St), now a gift shop, used to be the Alto Knights Social Club, where mobsters like Lucky Luciano spent some time.
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Sheridan Square
Not much more than a few park benches and some trees bounded by an old-fashioned wrought-iron gate, Sheridan Sq's location - the heart of gay Greenwich Village - means it's witnessed every rally, demonstration and uprising that contributed to the gay rights movement. It also holds two sets of slender white statues - one male and one female couple, holding hands and talking. Known as Gay Liberation, they are a tribute to the normalcy of gay life.
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